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Last updated 15 November 2026

Aether Engine

Aether Engine does not require an app account. Personal imports and preferences stay on your Mac. Optional usage sharing is off by default. Ratings and reports are submitted only when you choose to send them.

Wallpaper downloads

Catalog requests, previews and wallpaper downloads contact our content host, Cloudflare. Network services may process technical information such as IP addresses and request logs to deliver and protect the service.

Community feedback and optional usage sharing

When you submit a rating or wallpaper report, we receive the wallpaper ID, your rating or report text, a random installation identifier and submission time. Ratings appear publicly only as aggregates. Reports are private to the Aether administrator. Please do not include sensitive information.

If you enable Share usage statistics in Settings, we also record active days and completed catalog downloads under that identifier. These records help us measure content use and return visits among participating installations, not all users. Personal file names, images, video files and audio are not included.

Usage sharing can be turned off at any time. Delete My Community Data in Settings requests deletion of that installation's ratings, reports and usage records. If you remove the app or reset the identifier before deletion, contact us for help; we may be unable to match the old records without the identifier. Service providers process network requests, including IP addresses; the community service uses short-lived salted hashes for abuse limits.

Purchases

Apple processes purchases and restoration through the App Store. Aether Engine uses verified purchase information to enable watermark-free catalog playback. We do not receive your payment-card details.

Optional microphone access

Microphone-reactive effects are optional and require permission. Audio is processed locally as loudness; it is not recorded or uploaded. Other features work without microphone access.

This website

The public marketing website has no advertising or visitor analytics scripts added by Aether. A private administrator dashboard shows catalog inventory and recorded community activity. Cloudflare Access is used to restrict administrator access. The hosting provider may process technical requests and apply its own access controls. Artwork previews are included with the website. The website uses system fonts and does not request fonts from an external provider.

Support correspondence

If you email support, we receive the information you choose to send and use it to answer your request. Please avoid including sensitive information. You may ask us to delete your support correspondence, subject to any applicable retention obligations.

Contact

Mohamed Babiker · [email protected]